Patents by Inventor Franz Mayer

Franz Mayer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11819031
    Abstract: A composition useful for making bread of high quality comprises a) a gluten-free flour, b) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 19 to 24 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and c) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 27 to 30 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, wherein the composition comprises from 10 to 90 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose b) and from 90 to 10 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose c), based on the total weight of b) and c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC
    Inventor: Franz Mayer
  • Patent number: 10683857
    Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
  • Patent number: 10228006
    Abstract: A method of producing a fastening arrangement for the position-correct fastening of a component to a structural part of a motor vehicle comprises the steps: providing of the structural part; providing of a first tolerance compensation element and a second tolerance compensation element; positioning of the first tolerance compensation element, while holding the structural part firmly, relative to the structural part in a nominal position for the later position-correct fastening of the component to be fastened, and holding of the first tolerance compensation element in the nominal position, the first tolerance compensation element being positioned with a gap relative to the structural part; inserting of the second tolerance compensation element between the first tolerance compensation element and the structural part, so that the gap between the first tolerance compensation element and the structural part is bridged over; joining of the second tolerance compensation element to the first tolerance compensation el
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: PROGRESS-WERK OBERKIRCH AG
    Inventors: Michael Pfaff, Frank Domnik, Tobias Kraus, Franz Mayer, Romain Roucco, Stephan Kasper
  • Publication number: 20190008169
    Abstract: A composition useful for making bread of high quality comprises a) a gluten-free flour, b) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 19 to 24 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and c) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 27 to 30 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, wherein the composition comprises from 10 to 90 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose b) and from 90 to 10 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose c), based on the total weight of b) and c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Franz Mayer
  • Publication number: 20180149151
    Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
  • Patent number: 9908501
    Abstract: A device for controlling a volumetric flow rate of a medium stored under pressure in order to activate an impact protection device, having a control module that includes a valve body having a stepped through-opening, and a control piston guided axially in the through-opening of the valve body, and a control valve that influences the movement of the control piston, the valve body having at a first end a closable medium inlet opening having a valve chamber. The control valve and the control module are situated in a common housing sleeve, the valve body of the control module being pressed into a first end of the housing sleeve until it comes to a stop on a housing shoulder, and the control valve being introduced into and fixed in a second end of the housing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Johannes Schmid, Ignaz Hatt, Tim Maier, Franz Mayer, Horst Beling, Peter Rues
  • Publication number: 20170066403
    Abstract: A device for controlling a volumetric flow rate of a medium stored under pressure in order to activate an impact protection device, having a control module that includes a valve body having a stepped through-opening, and a control piston guided axially in the through-opening of the valve body, and a control valve that influences the movement of the control piston, the valve body having at a first end a closable medium inlet opening having a valve chamber. The control valve and the control module are situated in a common housing sleeve, the valve body of the control module being pressed into a first end of the housing sleeve until it comes to a stop on a housing shoulder, and the control valve being introduced into and fixed in a second end of the housing sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Johannes Schmid, Ignaz Hatt, Tim Maier, Franz Mayer, Horst Beling, Peter Rues
  • Patent number: 9464753
    Abstract: A camera support bowl clamp device comprises a bowl member of a pan tilt head suitable for supporting a broadcast or motion picture camera arranged within a recessed member of a camera support, whereby said bowl member is attached at one end of a shaft and a clamping cup arranged at an opposite end of said shaft, whereby said opposite end extends through said recessed member of a camera support; wherein said clamping cup located at a first limit position applies a clamping force to a surface of said recessed member of a camera support which subsequently pulls said bowl member, via said shaft, down into said recess and applies a second clamping force from a surface of said bowl to a cooperating surface of said recessed member, and at a second limit position releases said clamping force to said recessed member which subsequently releases said second clamping force by separating said surface of said bowl from said cooperating surface of said recessed member; characterized in that said clamping cup further compri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Vitec Videocom GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Mayer, Leonhard Jaumann
  • Patent number: 9410640
    Abstract: A valve of an accumulator device, which is formed by an accumulator cylinder and an accumulator piston guided therein, includes a valve sealing body. The valve sealing body is configured to selectively open and close a valve opening at a valve seat. The valve also includes an opening mechanism configured to selectively raise the valve sealing body from the valve seat. The opening mechanism is held by a spring element, and the spring element is formed by a punched and bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Mayer, Klaus-Peter Schmoll, Dietmar Kratzer, Edgar Kurz
  • Publication number: 20160040824
    Abstract: A camera support bowl clamp device comprises a bowl member of a pan tilt head suitable for supporting a broadcast or motion picture camera arranged within a recessed member of a camera support, whereby said bowl member is attached at one end of a shaft and a clamping cup arranged at an opposite end of said shaft, whereby said opposite end extends through said recessed member of a camera support; wherein said clamping cup located at a first limit position applies a clamping force to a surface of said recessed member of a camera support which subsequently pulls said bowl member, via said shaft, down into said recess and applies a second clamping force from a surface of said bowl to a cooperating surface of said recessed member, and at a second limit position releases said clamping force to said recessed member which subsequently releases said second clamping force by separating said surface of said bowl from said cooperating surface of said recessed member; characterised in that said clamping cup further compri
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: VITEC VIDEOCOM. GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Mayer, Leonhard Jaumann
  • Publication number: 20160023690
    Abstract: A method of producing a fastening arrangement for the position-correct fastening of a component to a structural part of a motor vehicle comprises the steps: providing of the structural part; providing of a first tolerance compensation element and a second tolerance compensation element; positioning of the first tolerance compensation element, while holding the structural part firmly, relative to the structural part in a nominal position for the later position-correct fastening of the component to be fastened, and holding of the first tolerance compensation element in the nominal position, the first tolerance compensation element being positioned with a gap relative to the structural part; inserting of the second tolerance compensation element between the first tolerance compensation element and the structural part, so that the gap between the first tolerance compensation element and the structural part is bridged over; joining of the second tolerance compensation element to the first tolerance compensation el
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Pfaff, Frank Domnik, Tobias Kraus, Franz Mayer, Romain Roucco, Stephan Kasper
  • Patent number: 8974136
    Abstract: A connection arrangement for connecting two tube pieces of a crossmember for a vehicle has a first attachment element made of a first material, wherein the first attachment element is provided for a solid material-bonded connection to at least a first tube piece which comprises the first material. Furthermore, the first attachment element has a second attachment element which is fastened to the first attachment element, wherein the second attachment element consists essentially of a second material differing from the first material, wherein the second attachment element is provided for a solid material-bonded connection to a second tube piece which comprises the second material. Furthermore, a crossmember has such a connection arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: PROGRESS-WERK Oberkirch AG
    Inventors: Stephan Kasper, Franz Mayer, Arnaud Offner, Hansjoerg Schmieder, Daniel Vogel
  • Publication number: 20140102089
    Abstract: A valve of an accumulator device, which is formed by an accumulator cylinder and an accumulator piston guided therein, includes a valve sealing body. The valve sealing body is configured to selectively open and close a valve opening at a valve seat. The valve also includes an opening mechanism configured to selectively raise the valve sealing body from the valve seat. The opening mechanism is held by a spring element, and the spring element is formed by a punched and bent part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Mayer, Klaus-Peter Schmoll, Dietmar Kratzer, Edgar Kurz
  • Publication number: 20140049075
    Abstract: A connection arrangement for connecting two tube pieces of a crossmember for a vehicle has a first attachment element made of a first material, wherein the first attachment element is provided for a solid material-bonded connection to at least a first tube piece which comprises the first material. Furthermore, the first attachment element has a second attachment element which is fastened to the first attachment element, wherein the second attachment element consists essentially of a second material differing from the first material, wherein the second attachment element is provided for a solid material-bonded connection to a second tube piece which comprises the second material. Furthermore, a crossmember has such a connection arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Kasper, Franz Mayer, Arnaud Offner, Hansjoerg Schmieder, Daniel Vogel
  • Publication number: 20100104781
    Abstract: In the case of a method for working a tube made from a metallic material, wherein at least one punching is made in a tube wall of the tube at at least one first circumferential location of the tube wall, the tube wall is provided, at at least one second circumferential location, which faces away from the first circumferential location in the circumferential direction, with at least one forming selected from the group that consists of at least one depression of the tube wall, at least one throughhole in the tube wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: PROGRESS-WERK OBERKIRCH AG
    Inventors: Klaus Schindler, Matthias Sauer, Franz Mayer, Stephan Kasper
  • Patent number: 7309200
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting a tubular first component to a second component, in particular for connecting a tensioning tube to an A-pillar of a vehicle body, has a first structural element which forms a receptacle for a screw element and is arranged at an end of the first component that faces the second component, and a second structural element which is secured in such a manner at that end of the first component which faces the second component that the first structural element is held between the first component and the second structural element, and the screw element is held by the second structural element in the first structural element in loss-proof fashion, the screw element being movable in the first structural element, at least in a direction transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the first component, for compensation of tolerances in the connection of the first component to the second component. Furthermore, a method for producing an arrangement of this type is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: PROGRESS-WERK Oberkirch AG
    Inventors: Hansjoerg Schmieder, Franz Mayer, Klaus Schindler
  • Publication number: 20060013669
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting a tubular first component to a second component, in particular for connecting a tensioning tube to an A-pillar of a vehicle body, has a first structural element which forms a receptacle for a screw element and is arranged at an end of the first component that faces the second component, and a second structural element which is secured in such a manner at that end of the first component which faces the second component that the first structural element is held between the first component and the second structural element, and the screw element is held by the second structural element in the first structural element in loss-proof fashion, the screw element being movable in the first structural element, at least in a direction transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the first component, for compensation of tolerances in the connection of the first component to the second component. Furthermore, a method for producing an arrangement of this type is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Hansjoerg Schmieder, Franz Mayer, Klaus Schindler
  • Patent number: 6637724
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuated valve has a sleeve which receives magnetically operative elements, such as an armature and a magnet core. The sleeve is provided with a radially outward-oriented, encompassing widened portion in the form of a flange having flat wall portions which extend transversely to the longitudinal axis of the valve and rest on one another essentially without an interstice between them. The flange is braced on a shoulder of a valve block bore and is hydraulically tightly gripped by material positively displaced from the bore circumference. The flange is the sole securing means for the fluid-carrying part of the valve, which part comprises the sleeve, armature and magnet core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Mayer
  • Patent number: 6334762
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a piston pump for a hydraulic vehicle brake system. For simple and inexpensive manufacturability, the piston pump embodies an outlet conduit as a groove in a sleeve bottom and a sealing part. As a result, the sleeve and the sealing part can be manufactured in a non-cutting manner by means of forming. Another advantage of letting the outflow conduit into the sleeve bottom is that the outlet conduit is disposed a small distance in the axial direction from a valve seat of an outlet valve, which counteracts noise production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Wolfgang Schuller, Julius Bayrhof, Siegfried Fritsch, Walter Kremsreiter, Franz Mayer, Joachim Evertz, Joerg Zielke, Ralf Zitzelsberger, Andreas Weh, Bernd Allenzon, Michael Hellebrandt, Tobias Fluck
  • Patent number: 6302663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled, hydraulic vehicle brake system. In order to be able to simply and inexpensively produce the piston pump as a stepped piston pump, the invention embodies a piston as a tubular deep drawn part made of sheet metal, with an outwardly protruding circumferential bead. The bead is produced by axially compressing the piston. The bead constitutes an axial support for a guide ring and sealing ring placed onto the piston. A disk-shaped, abrasion resistant striking piece is press-fitted into an open end of the tubular piston, and is used by the piston for resting against a circumference of a cam element used for the stroke drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Franz Mayer, Christiane Schiller